The moment I saw your title, there was an orchestra in my head and people singing "MASQUERADE! Paper faces on parade!" The POTO was inside my mind. O.o That's my favorite scene from the movie, with sharp choreography and everyone dress in similar colors.

Ahem. That's beside the point.

I really love how punchy the your lines are. And the colors! Everything is so bold and vivid. I might have to stick it up on my wall.

Ahah! You know, I don't remember much of that movie. I did see it once, but it was a while ago and I definitely don't even remember that scene.. I'll have to watch it again sometime.

"Punchy" lines are so much easier for me than longer sentences! I feel like that shows a lot in my poetry. I always end up liking my pieces with shorter lines more (minus a few exceptions here and there). But I also always keep drifting towards the sentence structure. Which I like anyway, because practice makes perfect. :)

Writing the colors was so much fun. That would be so great if you did that lol!

As always, you have picked THE PERFECT picture to go with your piece <3 lovely imagery - I just love thinking about decadent balls, people in exquisite gowns with jewelry dripping from their hair and such.

I always underestimate the effort it takes to find the right image. Even this - I thought, "well, masquerade masks are popular; this shouldn't be too difficult to find a good one that I can use!" But it still was. However, I just loved this image when I scrolled by it on Flickr, and I love the photographer for licensing it under easy Creative Commons. :D

"Masquerades" are always so gorgeous in movies, etc. I've recently started collecting masquerade masks because of how amazing they all are. (Only have one or two so far - they're not easy to store..)

You're so sweet, Quayla! Thank you for the kind words. :) I've got a lot to improve upon (that's always the case, though, for anyone), but I love to practice with it and that's how you get better at anything. Practice and experimentation!